George Clooney

George Clooney

Clooney used to have a "one for them, one for me" philosophy when it came to picking projects. Now he seems to be solely focused on personal films. That's good when he stars in movies like Up in the Air, which earned him an Oscar nomination and brought in $163 million on an estimated budget of $25 million.

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